FSMON(1)

💅 fsmon(1) — FileSystem events Monitor

okay bestie, welcome to fsmon, the manual page for the file system event watcher 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

fsmon — FileSystem events Monitor 🌸

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

fsmon [-chfjLv] [[-a sec]] [[-b dir]] [[-p pid]] [[-P proc]]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So basically 💖 this utility waits for events happening in a specific filesystem directory. That's the whole vibe. And it doesn't just sit there watching — it lets you filter by pid, filter by path, and it can even create a backup of the modified files. Like, it's giving bodyguard energy for your files. no cap 👑

✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -a sec — stop monitoring after some seconds ⏰ (yes, it gives itself a bedtime)
• -b dir — backup directory to store the backup 📦 (this is where the copies go)
• -c — follow children of -p pid 🐣 (the whole fam gets tracked)
• -h — show usage help message 🫶 (when u need a lil guidance)
• -j — output in JSON 🔥 (for all my structured-data girlies)
• -l — no description in the original page, so like… it's a mystery bestie 🙈 (it's listed, that's all we get — I'm not gonna make something up, that would be lying and we don't do that here)
• -L — List all the filesystem monitor backends available 👑⭐ (the full roster, the whole lineup)
• -f — show filename only (no path) 💅 (just the name, keep it cute and short)
• -p pid — grab events produced by this pid 🎯 (one specific process, main character only)
• -P proc — grab events produced by this process name 🦋 (same energy but by name instead of number)
• -v — show version 🌈

✨ USAGE ✨

okay so here's the example, straight from the page, and honestly it's iconic:

$ sudo fsmon -a 10 -j | json_pp

🌟 notice the sudo bestie — it's monitoring filesystem events, you're gonna need the powers. And -a 10 means it dips out after 10 seconds, then the JSON gets piped into json_pp so it's actually readable. ate. 💜

✨ AUTHORS ✨

Written by Sergi Alvarez <pancake@nowsecure.com> 🥞💖

Developed at NowSecure '2015 🎀

✨ LICENSE ✨

This software is under the MIT license 🧚

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💀 one thing before you go — no invented features, no extra tips, everything above is literally what the page says. iykyk 🫶

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k bye bestie, this page was sourced and dated Jul 2, 2020 — the fsmon(1) manual, that's the whole sign-off, mwah 💋